Alex Tudor
Alex Jeremy Tudor
Born: 23 October 1977, Kensington, London
Major Teams: Surrey, England.
Known As: Alex Tudor
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Test Debut: England v Australia at Perth, 2nd Test, 1998/99
Latest Test: England v India at The Oval, 4th Test, 2002
ODI Debut: England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, NatWest Series, 2002
Latest ODI: England v India at Lord's, NatWest Series, 2002
NBC Denis Compton Award 1997
NBC Denis Compton Award 1998
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 05/09/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 9 14 3 226 99* 20.54 46.02 0 1 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 223 49 819 26 31.50 5-44 1 0 51.4 3.67
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 13/07/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 3 2 1 9 6 9.00 81.81 0 0 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 21.1 1 136 4 34.00 2-30 0 0 31.7 6.42
FIRST-CLASS
(1995 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 82 108 24 1831 116 21.79 1 5 22 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1981.5 6996 261 26.80 7-48 13 0 45.5 3.53
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1995 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 60 40 10 327 29* 10.90 0 0 14 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 439.4 2030 85 23.88 4-26 3 0 31.0 4.61
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
StatsGuru Filters for Alex Tudor
Statistics involving Alex Tudor
Articles about Alex Tudor
Full list of articles
Pictures of Alex Tudor
Full list of images
Profile:
Alex Tudor has all the natural attributes of a fast bowler; height, strength
and the ability to bowl fast and extract bounce from most wickets. His
talent was recognised early and he played for London Schools at all levels
from U8. He won selection for England U15 to South Africa in 1992-93, and
against India in 1994 for the U17 team. He also represented the U19 side,
including a tour of Pakistan in 1996-97.
Born in London in October 1977, Tudor was destined to play for Surrey.
His brother had been on the playing staff and his father was a gateman at
The Oval. Making his first-class debut for Surrey against Middlesex at
Lord's in 1995, as a 17-year-old, he soon impressed. Wisden referred to him
as "the genuine article: a home-grown out-and-out speed merchant who can
also bat a bit."
Tudor also struck a maiden first-class 50 coming in at number 10 against
Leicestershire, helping add 122 for the final two wickets, and took 5-32
against Derby. The only cloud on the horizon was his breakdown through
injury in just his fifth game, an incident that was to become something of a
recurring theme.
Form and fitness deserted Tudor in 1996, and he failed to break into the
Surrey team. Wisden referred to his "lack of progress" as "a particular
disappointment," and he was described as suffering from "a discrepancy of
leg length" by the Surrey physio.
But bowlers of genuine pace are rare, and the national selectors had
singled Tudor out for special attention. Some good early season form (6-101
in mid-May against Gloucestershire) earned a call-up to practice with the
England squad prior to the First Ashes Test at Edgbaston in 1997. He
impressed in the nets but lost form back at Surrey and was described as
"ineffectual" by Wisden.
Tudor was selected for the Ashes tour (controversially preferred to Andy
Caddick who had taken over 100 first-class wickets the previous season)
after an indifferent 1998, so that he could work with Bob Cottam, the
national bowling coach and as an investment in the future. His Test debut
came against Australia in the Second Test at Perth in November 1998.
Chipping in with 18* as England were cut down for a paltry 112, he impressed
further with the ball. Described by Christopher Martin-Jenkins as "very
fast" and " immensely promising", he took 4-89 and won praise from the
opposition skipper, Mark Taylor. It was not enough to retain a place, as he
was jettisoned in favour of an extra batsman and a spinner for the third
Test. Recalled for the fourth, he was forced to withdraw with a hip injury,
before finally returning for the fifth where he again performed pretty well.
Tudor retained his place for the First Test of the next home series,
against New Zealand at Edgbaston. Although his bowling was not of the
standard he'd have liked, it was his contribution with the bat that created
headlines. He hit an unbeaten 99 as England beat New Zealand by seven
wickets. It was the highest-ever score by an English nightwatchman, and
helped win him the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year award.
But a long period in the wilderness followed, as a knee injury kept him out
of the next Test. The England management were nonplussed by Surrey's failure
to tell them of a scan on the affected knee, scheduled for the day before
the game. He won his county cap in 1999.
Tudor endured a frustrating tour of South Africa that winter, failing to
win a Test spot. But career-best figures of 7-48 against Lancashire at The
Oval and several other impressive performances in the 2000 season ensured he
stayed under consideration. He was a late replacement for Flintoff on the
tour of Pakistan in late 2000 but remained on the fringes before travelling
on the A Tour of West Indies to participate in the Busta Cup. He took five
wickets on his debut for the team and enjoyed a good tour.
A maiden first-class century kick-started Tudor's 2001 season (116
against Essex at The AMP Oval), and only injury kept him from a place in the
squad for the Lord's Test against Australia, before he returned to the side
for Trent Bridge. He featured in one of the few passages of the series that
England managed to dominate, as after being bowled out for 185 in two
sessions on the first day, they reduced Australia to 105-7 by the close.
Although Australia edged into the lead the following day, Tudor finished the
innings with 5-44, his best Test return to date. It was to prove his only
significant contribution to the series; at Headingley he was innocuous and
expensive, and he was unfit for The Oval.
Left out of England's winter touring squads, Tudor joined the first ECB
National Academy Squad in Australia over the winter, and a consistent start
to the 2002 season for Surrey was rewarded with an England recall. At Old
Trafford in the third Test he was made man of the match after taking seven
Sri Lankan wickets in the match, rising to the challenge posed by the loss
of the injured Andy Caddick. But to his and England's frustration, after
making his one-day international debut in the NatWest series (he played in
three of the matches) he fell victim to shin splints. Returning for the last
two Tests against India he made little impression, and he was initially
omitted from England's Ashes squad, although he was later summoned from the
Academy as cover for injured players.
With an imposing frame (he is 6'5" and nearly 14 stone) hard work in the
gym has increased Tudor's build fairly substantially. A patient but
hard-hitting lower middle-order batsman with aspirations, his back foot
drives bear the hallmark of real class. Capable of lateral movement with the
ball, he tends to bowl well within himself and rarely operates at full pace.
He cites Walsh, Ambrose and McGrath as his idols and aims to hit the seam on
a length and apply pressure on the batsman rather than blasting them out. A
powerful thrower of the ball, he has developed into a reliable fielder for
such a big man and sometimes stands in the slips for Surrey. (Copyright
CricInfo November 2002)
Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 13:01:58 GMT
|
|  |